Kou Zhun was about to open his mouth to announce the verdict, when a handsome and fresh young scholar who was standing next to Wang Zeng suddenly walked out of the crowd at the entrance of the lobby, walked briskly to the hall, bowed to Kou Zhun elegantly, and said: "Lord Zhizhou is above, student Cui Ye has seen Lord Zhizhou, this matter is slightly involved with the student, can you allow the student to say a few words?" This scholar was dressed in a gorgeous scholarly robe, holding a folding fan, but he was very elegant.

The literati of the Great Song Dynasty were precious, and in today's Great Song Dynasty, even if the literati students see today's official family saluting, they can also make a long gesture. In the Great Song Dynasty, officials did not have to kneel and bow even at the court meeting, but only made a long bow. Only when the officials are thankful for their grace do they bow alone. The scene of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces kneeling was only seen in the Ming Dynasty during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, and at that time it was also a small court meeting, and a solemn big court meeting kneeling. Later, in the Qing Dynasty, kneeling became commonplace, and kneeling for a short time was not good, so Qing Dynasty officials added a soft cushion to their knees. Cui Ye has the status of a student in a state school, and he is not a defendant, so he doesn't have to kneel down to talk to Kou Zhun no matter what.

"Oh, what's the matter with you, but it's okay to say it", Kou Zhun saw that Cui Ye was a literati and surnamed Cui, and his heart moved, it was estimated that he was the son of Qinghe Cui Qingzhoufang, but he also spoke to Cui Ye very politely. In fact, it's not that Kou Zhun is afraid of the Qinghe Cui clan, Kou Zhun himself is also from a big family, and he is in a high position, so he is not afraid of any conflict. However, Qinghe Cui Qingzhou Fang is a wealthy family in Qingzhou, and many things as an official in Qingzhou require the cooperation of Qinghe Cui Qingzhou Fang, and the patriarch of Qinghe Cui Qingzhou Fang Cui Old Lady Cui has always been respectful to himself, so he naturally can't get along with his juniors for no reason. However, Kou Zhun still muttered in his heart, this Liu Xu will not offend the Cui family, so I think it will be difficult to take care of him.

Fortunately, Cui Ye's next words reassured Kou Zhun.

"Lord Zhizhou is on top, and I can't hide it, the wine that this son Liu Xu sold to Juxianglou was brewed by the student's winery. It's just that this brewing secret method is indeed provided by Liu Gongzi. As soon as this wine was brewed, the students didn't know if the people of the Great Song Dynasty would like to drink this kind of soju, so they asked Liu Gongzi to send it to Juxianglou to sell it first, and try to see if this wine could be accepted by the people of our Great Song Dynasty. The students wanted the soju from the student's wine shop to be an instant hit, so they asked Liu Gongzi to keep it secret for the time being. Liu Gongzi wanted to speak and stopped just now, probably just to abide by the confidentiality agreement with the students", Cui Ye said, and then turned to Liu Xu, who was looking at him a little dumbfounded, and said: "Brother Liu is too upright, and he is a true believer, even in the court, he is tight-lipped." However, the agreement between us is just for this soju to be an instant hit, and not to be sentenced for the sake of confidentiality agreement, Liu Xu is too persistent. ”

Cui Ye's words caused a commotion among the crowd at the entrance of the lobby, it turned out to be the soju made by the Cui family winery, it is estimated that this Liu Xu only provided a secret method, and this wine making was still carefully researched by the Cui family winery. Otherwise, Liu Xu is a talented man, and he has never been in contact with winemaking, how to make such a wonderful soju. As soon as Cui Ye said it, everyone believed most of them.

Cui Ye's words to Liu Xu, Liu Xu also smacked the taste, although I don't know why Cui Ye helped him, but anyway, now he has to get through this hurdle first, so he hurriedly said loudly: "Lord Zhizhou is on top, this wine is indeed brewed by Cui Gongzi's family winery, and the students learned the secret method of brewing high wine from an ancient book, but because they have no experience in brewing wine, they cooperate with Cui Gongzi." ”

Uncle Qian, the shopkeeper of Juxianglou, also shouted in his heart: "Brother Xu'er's wine is sold by the grass people, and the grass people have never sold privately brewed wine. ”

Kou Zhun saw that what Cui Ye said may not be true, but he cherished Liu Xu's talent very much, and was trying to exonerate Liu Xu.

At this time, Jiang Tongkang, a member of the Qingzhou judicial army, saw that this case seemed to deviate from his own imagination, and Lord Zhizhou seemed to believe the words of a few people, and was groaning, so he couldn't bear it anymore, jumped up and pointed at Qian Fugui and said: "You Diao Min, Hugh has to quibble, didn't you admit that you did sell Liu Xu's moonshine wine last time?" Now if you want to retract your confession, how can it be so easy, the confession document you signed and signed can be here! ”

"Caomin just admitted that this soju was provided to Lao'er by Brother Xu, but he really didn't say that this wine was brewed privately by Brother Xu. The adults who joined the army clearly investigated, on the confession document, the grass people also said that this soju was indeed provided by Liu Xu to the grass people, and did not admit that it was brewed privately by Brother Xu. Whether this wine Brother Xu is privately brewed or not, the grass people really can't tell. Qian Fugui had the heart to tell the story that he was tortured by Jiang Senjun, but he was still a little afraid that Jiang would join the army, and he would open a restaurant in Qingzhou to do business in the future, even if it was okay this time, he knew that he would not come to trouble him in the future, so he omitted the matter of his torture, but insisted that he didn't know that this wine was brewed by Liu Xu.

Jiang Senjun angrily took out Qian Fugui's confession document, and after a closer look, Qian Fugui did not write that the wine was brewed by Liu Xu privately, but only admitted that the wine was provided to him by Liu Xu. At that time, Qian Fugui wrote a confession document. And he took the document and put it in front of Liu Xu, Liu Xu knew that it was difficult to quibble, but he happily confessed, but Liu Xu never wrote a confession document. At that time, he felt that all the evidence was complete, and Liu Xu himself pleaded guilty, so he could convict Liu Xu of his crimes. Liu Xu just drew a confession on the verdict document, but he didn't write a confession document, and he was a scholar, so he didn't force him to write a confession document.

Jiang Shenjun suddenly thought that he still had two witnesses who pointed out that Qian Fugui was selling bootleg liquor, so he said to the two people standing next to Qian Fugui who had drunk Juxianglou soju: "You have all drunk the moonshine sold in Juxianglou, you can tell your lord whether this wine is Liu Xu's private brew." ”

The two men looked at each other, momentarily hesitating.

Cui Ye said: "Have you seen that this wine is privately brewed by Liu Gongzi, but you have to tell the truth." Our Great Song law stipulates that perjury is punishable by imprisonment. ”

Those two people were idle men in the market, and after drinking Liu Xu's soju, they boasted everywhere, saying that they had drunk such fine wine. Later, after Jiang joined the army and learned about it, he got it to be a witness. They had all drunk Juxianglou's soju, and they had also heard some rumors that this wine was brewed by Liu Xu, but how could they have seen whether this wine was really brewed by Liu Xu.

Cui Ye said that under Jiang Shenjun's stern eyes, the two knelt on the ground with a "poof", and both said: "The villain has indeed seen Qian Fugui selling this soju in Juxianglou, but he has never seen Liu Gongzi brewing this wine." ”

Although Jiang Senjun repeatedly hinted, the two of them really did not dare to give false testimony. Originally, for the first time, when Jiang joined the army to try this case, they thought that Liu Xu was just a little scholar, and Qian Fugui was just a shopkeeper of a small restaurant, so they didn't have to be afraid. Under the suggestion of Jiang Senjun, the two testified on the matter according to his ideas. But now that the Cui family obviously wants to protect Liu Xu, they can't afford to offend Jiang when he joins the army, but they don't dare to offend the Cui family. Jiang joined the army for a while as an official in Qingzhou, but the Cui family is a thousand-year-old family in Qingzhou, and it is deep-rooted, how can they be offended. The lesser of two evils, they could only ignore Jiang's hint of joining the army and tell the truth.

There was another commotion among the people who were hearing the trial at the door.

Hearing some commotion, Kou Zhun frowned, and when the head of the squad member of the station saw it, he slammed the water and fire stick in his hand and shouted: "Be quiet, listen to Lord Zhizhou's decision." ”

The commotion of the crowd stopped suddenly, and Kou Zhun glanced approvingly at the team leader.

Kou Zhun said loudly: "This case has now been clearly identified by the official. This soju should be made by the Cui family liquor workshop according to Liu Xu's secret method, and in order to understand whether this wine can be accepted by the people of the Song Dynasty, the Cui family liquor workshop asked Liu Xu to take it to Juxiang Building for trial sale to see the effect, is this so? ”

Everyone claimed that it was, but only Jiang Senjun did not make a sound with a black face. However, Jiang Shenjun really didn't dare to have any grievances against Kou Zhun, after all, Kou Zhun's status was too high, and he could only look up to him in his life. Besides, I can't complain about Kou Zhun, I can only blame myself for not smashing the evidence of Liu Xu's private brewing. Of course, if Jiang Senjun knew that Kou Zhun wanted to exonerate Liu Xu, he probably wouldn't think so.

Kou Zhun continued: "Since the facts are clear, Liu Xu and Qian Fugui did not sell wine privately, then the official will sentence the two not guilty, so be it, retire." ”

In the neat and neat "mighty" sound of the hall, Kou Zhun retreated from the hall and left, leaving Xu Jin'er and others full of joy to surround Liu Xu and ask this and that.